Volume 3, Chapter 109 – Destruction

‘Do I really want to kill the Chosen Son? I’ve waited for them for so many years, and I finally managed to find them… Do I really have to kill him?’

‘No, it’s not killing; it’s a trial… I need to change that arrogant heart of his, change his view of the world and how he treats those around him, so that this fellow named Xue Tian’ao can become a true Chosen Son instead of some bastard who just holds the title and does whatever he pleases…’

Yumo had always believed this before the operation began. She had no choice and had to proceed with the trial, and for the trial to succeed, the Chosen One was indispensable, no matter how much of a bastard this Chosen Son was or even if he had hurt her daughters. The purpose of this operation was to teach all the factions on the continent a lesson and especially to educate the Chosen Son.

At least, that was what Xiao had told her.

Consequently, when the barrier Xiao had placed around the palace was blasted open and Yumo sensed the power fluctuations of Li Mo and Li Yu inside through the gap, she froze. Confusion and deep unease immediately welled up within her. She was confused about why her two daughters, who had been missing for so long, would suddenly appear here and when they had arrived at the Sky Dome.

She was uneasy because the two girls had appeared in the Sky Dome’s imperial palace. Judging from the scale of the energy diffusion, they were even fighting Xue Tian’ao.

One had to understand that the divine power and unique aura of the Chosen Son within Xue Tian’ao’s body could easily trigger the primal nature of an Abyssal Demon. Even if Li Mo and Li Yu were ‘good’ girls who didn’t want to ‘harm’ the Chosen Son, they might still be guided by instinct to tear Xue Tian’ao to pieces. It would be satisfying if that guy died, but the trial might fail…

As soon as she thought of the so-called consequences the Goddess had once told her, Yumo felt a wave of apprehension. She hurriedly rushed toward the palace, attempting to stop her two daughters from participating in the battle. If not for her concern for Mengxi’s presence, Yumo would likely have transformed into a Blood Butterfly and reached the palace already.

However, as Miss Yumo approached the vicinity of the palace and saw Xue Tian’ao inexplicably charging toward her, she sensed something was very wrong. She had originally intended to keep her distance and call for her daughters to leave from afar. But now?

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Yumo never expected that Xue Tian’ao would charge at her with full power.

Compared to their time in Windward City, the divine power surrounding Xue Tian’ao was even more concentrated, and the blood pouring from his wounds was saturated with divine power! As this aura drew closer to Yumo, the unknown hatred and killing intent in her heart surged out once again. It surged uncontrollably.

‘No… I can’t… I can… can… cannot kill him… Not yet… I have to, I must… I must hold back…’

Yumo struggled internally to suppress the impulse, but her efforts were ultimately in vain.

As those eerie whispers sounded repeatedly, her eyes flickered with a completely crimson light, and the heaven-shaking Shadow Essence erupted from her like a beast losing its shackles, spiraling out of control in an instant! Even Mengxi was suddenly sent flying several hundred meters by the impact, and a mouthful of blood sprayed from the silver-haired girl’s mouth.

In the past, seeing Mengxi injured would have broken Yumo’s heart. If this were during their time in the Deepwinter Forest, Yumo would have likely stopped everything to tend to her. But now? Yumo completely ignored Mengxi, who was injured because of her. Only Xue Tian’ao’s figure remained in her crimson eyes.

Her mind was almost entirely shrouded in murderous intent, and she now had only one goal: to completely erase this person possessing divine power from the existence of this world. That disgusting aura had to be annihilated.

On the other side, as thousands of blood-colored butterflies merged with the earth-shaking crimson Shadow Essence and roared toward him like a tsunami, Xue Tian’ao’s pupils suddenly shrank, and the flame of hope that had just managed to emerge in his eyes was ruthlessly extinguished.

‘Is… is this some kind of joke?’

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At this moment, only terror remained in Xue Tian’ao’s pale gold eyes. He had assumed that the newly born Blood Butterfly would certainly be much weaker than Xiao and the other two demon king tier entities. Controlling her was his only way to survive. However, after sensing this crimson aura fluctuation, Xue Tian’ao realized with horror that the opponent’s strength was far beyond his imagination.

The energy contained within those crimson waves was denser than that of Xiao and the two demon king tier entities combined! The absolute pressure caused Xue Tian’ao’s body and soul to tremble like never before. As he got closer to her, his soul felt overwhelmed, as if it were about to be crushed. The thick scent of blood within the crimson Shadow Essence was unprecedented; merely touching this energy made a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood appear before him.

In an instant, this Chosen Son, who considered himself a battle-hardened veteran, was enveloped in fear, and this fear was even more intense than what he felt when facing Xiao and the other two demon king tier entities.

“What… what kind of monster is this…”

‘This woman was definitely not some new demon king tier! This power surely belonged to an even more ancient demon king tier! No, she… perhaps she was more than just demon king tier.’

Regardless, merely sensing this overwhelming crimson aura was enough to turn Xue Tian’ao’s face pale with fright, his heart nearly jumping out of his chest from extreme tension.

‘I can’t fight this thing! I must retreat!’

Xue Tian’ao quickly reached this conclusion. Unfortunately, the Chosen Son soon realized a more awkward fact: he had charged too fast and was unable to stop.

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In the next moment, under Xue Tian’ao’s terrified gaze, an endless swarm of blood-colored butterflies suddenly surged from all directions. Although they appeared to be fragile butterflies without any energy aura, they easily broke through the dense divine power barrier around Xue Tian’ao and even devoured it entirely.

With a cracking sound, the massive golden field full of killing intent and holy power disintegrated, turning into golden particles that were swallowed by the endless blood-colored butterflies. Having lost his divine power barrier, Xue Tian’ao was undoubtedly exposed to the surging butterflies and crimson Shadow Essence.

His momentum stopped abruptly, and he was pinned in mid-air. Under the heavy pressure, the Chosen Son coughed up blood, and crimson liquid began to leak from his facial features and skin. In a single instant, Xue Tian’ao lost his intimidating aura and turned into a nauseating, mangled mess of blood, looking like a ghost that had been tortured in the depths of hell. It was a chilling sight.

The intense pain caused Xue Tian’ao to let out a howl like a dying pig. However, before he could roar for long, he was choked by the continuous coughing of blood.

Faced with such pressure, Xue Tian’ao instinctively tried to break free. However, the Chosen Son discovered to his horror that no matter how much he reinforced his body or mobilized his divine power to resist, the shackles of the Shadow Essence remained immovable.

‘This… how can this be…’

A sudden, indescribable sense of powerlessness rushed into Xue Tian’ao’s heart. The look in his eyes as he gazed down at the black-haired girl no longer held any of his previous adoration, appreciation, or greed. Now, only fear remained.

In the next instant, when he sensed the dense Shadow Essence beginning to gather at the black-haired girl’s fingertip, Xue Tian’ao felt an even greater sense of dread. The black-haired girl before him had transformed into a reaper wielding a scythe.

‘No, damn it!! I… I can’t end here!’

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Cold sweat poured down like rain, and Xue Tian’ao was filled with regret. Damn it, if he had known, he would have just run away earlier! Bastard, bastard, bastard!

‘Wait! I still have one more move I can use! Didn’t the System say that the effects of the Heart-Soul Lock would take a few hours to kick in? It should be usable now!’

Thinking of this, Xue Tian’ao gritted his teeth and mobilized the divine power in his body while enduring the heart-wrenching pain. He slowly raised his right hand, attempting to activate the medicinal power of the Heart-Soul Lock within Yumo’s body.

‘Give… give me…’

However, just as his divine power began to circulate, the crimson energy sphere gathered at the girl’s fingertip suddenly burst with a dazzling luster!

In the next second, red light erupted, and a crimson beam instantly pierced through Xue Tian’ao’s chest, leaving a blood hole the size of a soccer ball. As the blood-red laser shot through his body, the divine power aura surrounding him collapsed. The divine power augmenting his body seemed to have reached its limit at this moment.

Without the protection of divine power, Xue Tian’ao’s momentum plummeted, dropping directly from the high eighth tier to the high seventh tier. Deprived of his divine power, he lost his ability to resist and his powerful regeneration, becoming an ant to be slaughtered. Life force began to flow steadily from his chest, and his eyes began to lose focus.

‘No… how… how could it be like this…’